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GCN Circular 19067

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 477985003/160224234 is not a GRB
Date
2016-02-24T08:20:33Z (9 years ago)
From
Kilian Toelge at MPE <tkili@mpe.mpg.de>
Kilian Toelge (MPE) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 477985003/160224234
at 05:36:39.90 UT on 24th February 2016,
tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB.

This trigger is due to local particles."
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